Digital Ocean Cloud Firewall?

Hi there,

Setting up a DigitalOcean Cloud Firewall is pretty straightforward and doesn’t require installing anything on your Droplet.

At a high level, you can do it directly from the control panel:

1. Go to Networking → Firewalls

2. Click Create Firewall

3. Give it a name

4. Add your inbound rules (for example: SSH on port 22, HTTP 80, HTTPS 443)

5. Add outbound rules (usually allow all by default)

6. Attach it to your Droplet (or use tags)

Once applied, the firewall will block all traffic that isn’t explicitly allowed by your rules:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/networking/firewalls/

A couple of quick tips:

• Start with allowing SSH (port 22), otherwise you might lock yourself out

• Only open the ports you actually need

• You can restrict access by IP instead of allowing everything

Overall, it’s one of the easier cloud firewalls to set up, and it’s free to use with your Droplets.

Heya, @robert3e3ae0804c1e4a1caf6eecd4

You can check the following articles here:

1. How to Configure Firewall Rules
2. How to Create Firewalls

Regards